λαγκία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lancea (“spear”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /laŋ.kí.aː/ → /laɲˈɟi.a/ → /laɲˈɟi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /laŋ.kí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /laŋˈki.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /laɲˈɟi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /laɲˈɟi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /laɲˈɟi.a/

Noun

λᾰγκῐ́ᾱ • (lankíā) f (genitive λᾰγκῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. light spear, lance

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λᾰγκῐ́ᾱ; τῆς λᾰγκῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λᾰγκῐ́ᾱ hē lankíā	τὼ λᾰγκῐ́ᾱ tṑ lankíā	αἱ λᾰγκῐ́αι hai lankíai
Genitive	τῆς λᾰγκῐ́ᾱς tês lankíās	τοῖν λᾰγκῐ́αιν toîn lankíain	τῶν λᾰγκῐῶν tôn lankiôn
Dative	τῇ λᾰγκῐ́ᾳ têi lankíāi	τοῖν λᾰγκῐ́αιν toîn lankíain	ταῖς λᾰγκῐ́αις taîs lankíais
Accusative	τὴν λᾰγκῐ́ᾱν tḕn lankíān	τὼ λᾰγκῐ́ᾱ tṑ lankíā	τᾱ̀ς λᾰγκῐ́ᾱς tā̀s lankíās
Vocative	λᾰγκῐ́ᾱ lankíā	λᾰγκῐ́ᾱ lankíā	λᾰγκῐ́αι lankíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “λαγκία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λαγκία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette